The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a proposal by President Bola Tinubu to rename the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) after former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced this while briefing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday, December 16, 2024.
Idris said: “There is also a decision taken by the Federal Executive Council to rename the University of Abuja to honour elder statesman, General Yakubu Gowon.
“The University of Abuja will now be known as Yakubu Gowon University.
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Of course, the processing will have to go to the National Assembly, for all legislation in that direction.
“But FEC has taken that decision to write to the National Assembly to change the name of the University of Abuja to Yakubu Gowon University, in honour of the former head of state and elder statesman.”
The minister added that FEC would proceed on recess from December 18 to January 6, 2025.
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